| NewEd | Dave | EH | Xorp | MC | RM | ||||||
| Gold | 750 | > 1000 | 1350 | 1125 | 850 | 700 | |||||
| Oil | 60 | > 60 | 60 | 60 | |||||||
| DJIA | 8100 | <7000 | > 9800 | 4000 | |||||||
| S&P | 800 | <700 | 744 | > 1060 | 1300 | 400 | |||||
| Nasdaq | - | <1200 | |||||||||
| Inflation | 4 | 9 | |||||||||
| Unempl | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| 12/31/08 | Alltime High | ||
| Gold | 856.40 | 1023.50 | |
| GLD eft | 86.52 | 100.44 | |
| SLV eft | 11.20 | 20.621 | |
| Oil | 44.60 | 147.27 | |
| DJIA | 8776.39 | 14279.96 | |
| S&P | 930.25 | 1576.09 | |
| Nasdaq | 1577.03 | 5132.52 | |
| Inflation | 3.8 | ||
| Unempl | 7.2 |
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Gold - year end of $750, after having reached a high of $1100 in the summer
Oil - will fluctuate around $60
DJIA - year end 8100
S&P - year end 800
Nasdaq - don't follow enough to even attempt to guess
Inflation - will be reported at 4%, but this will be based on a new formula for calculating it
Unemployment - 11% (may also be subject to new counting methods)
The economy will continue to get worse but Obama will still be heralded as a great guy. He will say that "we are all in this together" and that part of the Hope And Change involves sacrificing for the good of the country.
Dave
My predictions are what the items will hit during the year, not necessarily the year end price. I think I may be too conservative. Gold may go over $1100 or $1200 but I don't think it will get much higher. DJIA may drop below 6000 but I don't think it will drop below 5000 and the S&P may drop below 600 but not 500. The Nasdaq is more volitile, so it could drop the most, but not under 800.
I'm not sure if Obama will get reelected. The republicans will put up a loser to run against him which will give him a good chance. But unlike Mark & Ken, I don't think he'll have high approval ratings. I believe all the "hope" of the Obama supporters will be dashed against the rocks. High unemployment & high inflation will cause a situation like Carter's and people will not be happy with him. If the republicans can somehow come up with a dynamic candidate, Obama will lose.
E.H.
For 2009 I'll predict $1350 for gold and a 20% decline in the S&P.
Xorp
I'll make a similar call as in the mid 90's and early 00's, though different asset class. Only the names and the asset class changes :-)
1) Clinton reelected coincident with economic inflationary boom (dot-com)
2) Bush II re-elected during period of inflationary boom (housing boom)
Since this new phase of monetary expansion (see the M1) coincides with a first term administration in DC, all other things being equal, I think the Obama administration will be hailed as economic geniuses towards the end of 2012, and will remain in power. Starting your first term coincident with the beginning of a new Central Bank inflationary/boom is like being dealt a royal flush. See Clinton/Bush calls above.
In 2000 it was the dot-com bubble, in 2006 it was the housing bubble, in 2012'ish I think it will be the alternative energy bubble. The derivatives market that will un-wind will be the "carbon credit" market. No matter what bubble popped, or pops next, all are technically credit induced by the central bank, only the underlying asset class changes with each new bubble (dot-com, housing, alt-energy).
The next bubble starts now, in alternative energy. Dot-com and housing are dead, never to be heard from again. How crazy is that?
Mark
Very interesting Ken,
I think you are on to something. My predictions tend to be more on the moneyed elites manipulating the price of gold much to the char grin of the Austrians. The fix is in. The powers that be won't make the Austrian case easy. We will be right in the end, but Rome fell for over 500 years. The new Rome has several rallies left.
gold- 850
S&P - 1300
On the geo-political side
Obama is definitely re-elected. We will get our first major spill over of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict in the US (someone will bring the fight across the ocean). Several years down the road...massive amounts of malinvestment will leave us with sparkling roads but no one can afford a car or gas.
I've been having a tough time predicting what will happen next. It's like playing monopoly and then a random guy (Federal Reserve) comes out of no where and knocks the game board off the table. Even better, it's like Charlie Brown trying to kick the football and Lucy pulls it away at the last minute. Charlie thinks (Federal Reserve encourages him in this direction) he figures out the problem so he buys new cleats. Sadly Charlie still doesn't kick the ball and now he has new shoes with no value....
Alt energy is definitely the bubble. I will attempt to ride it up and down.
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